Are you sitting comfortably? - Advice on C-1 sought
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I have listened to a few C1 paddlers talking about sitting in front of the tv as if they were kneeling in a C1, increasing the mobility in their ankles.
Just confirms my opinion of C1 paddlers, they must be mad. How else do you explain someone practising so they can endure excrutiating pain for longer. :p
Just confirms my opinion of C1 paddlers, they must be mad. How else do you explain someone practising so they can endure excrutiating pain for longer. :p
It is of course a well-established fact that all C paddlers are thus because they did something bad in a previous life , and are sent back to endure agonies for @ 30 minutes of paddling until all sensation in lower limbs is lost; only to reappear - again agonisingly - as they extract themselves from the boat and resume normal human shape.
Additionally, C2 paddlers are two people who once were friends but now do not get on together..........
Additionally, C2 paddlers are two people who once were friends but now do not get on together..........
Well crafted padding can make a big difference, depending upon the cause of the pain. Try to get a well shaped and good thickness of padding under your knee. You can arrange some padding under your ankle so that your foot isn't too straight out behind you, but if you overdo this your knee will be bent more, causing problems there. It is really worth taking some time to get your padding right. It can give you more control over the boat too.
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I have always thought that Canadan paddlers have a bit of their brain missing.
However, probably I'm just jealous that due to football injuries I'm not flexible enough to get into a C1.
Secretly, I dream of (one day) being able to use more leverage to look a bit speedier through the gates on a slalom course !!
However, probably I'm just jealous that due to football injuries I'm not flexible enough to get into a C1.
Secretly, I dream of (one day) being able to use more leverage to look a bit speedier through the gates on a slalom course !!
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After countless years in C1, I now have problems sitting in a kayak!!!!
The answer is Flexibility. Try stretching your Hip Flexors, Quads and calf muscles, Gently, before you get in your boat.
Daily stretching of every muscle in the legs, including your ass will make things alot easier. Plus sitting in the Kneeling possition watching TV helps.
If you have pain in your knees, Stetch your quads more. For pain in your ankles you need to stretch the muscle that runs down the side of your shin.
You must be sat in your boat comfortably with your legs relaxed!!!!!! If not you will find you will tighten other muscles in your legs and cause yourself more pain.
Time is the key
The answer is Flexibility. Try stretching your Hip Flexors, Quads and calf muscles, Gently, before you get in your boat.
Daily stretching of every muscle in the legs, including your ass will make things alot easier. Plus sitting in the Kneeling possition watching TV helps.
If you have pain in your knees, Stetch your quads more. For pain in your ankles you need to stretch the muscle that runs down the side of your shin.
You must be sat in your boat comfortably with your legs relaxed!!!!!! If not you will find you will tighten other muscles in your legs and cause yourself more pain.
Time is the key
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I seem to remember that William Neally drew up a device that would help, it consisted of a cork screw device mounted on a helmet.
The theory was that as the pain in your legs increased so you screwed the device into your skull thereby diverting attention from the pain and allowing you to extend your lower limb pain threshold
Apparently repetitive use was accumulative and in time you would no longer require the device and being totally gaga you would fit in the C-boat crowd as well :p .
The theory was that as the pain in your legs increased so you screwed the device into your skull thereby diverting attention from the pain and allowing you to extend your lower limb pain threshold
Apparently repetitive use was accumulative and in time you would no longer require the device and being totally gaga you would fit in the C-boat crowd as well :p .
I think I might have spotted one of these devices disguised as a penguin at Stone. However the user must obviously have been unaware of its true purpose as he was paddling K1. :;):
ps. I like the brainbag idea, it seems a good way to push your anaerobic threshold as well. My paddling might improve if my brain was closer to the boat... :p
ps. I like the brainbag idea, it seems a good way to push your anaerobic threshold as well. My paddling might improve if my brain was closer to the boat... :p